“(GOP leaders) understand that this isn't going anywhere with ANWR in it,”
Charles Bass
“I’m going to Albany to take out a government, to take out a culture … I’ve illustrated I believe in intestinal fortitude to take on the demons.”
Carl Paladino
“John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties”
Frank Mankiewicz
“[Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.), chairman of the House GOP campaign committee, told the AP that he has been strategizing with House Speaker Newt Gingrich.] People that we had in marginal areas are stronger than we thought, ... We're finding swing districts are looking better for us.”
John Linder
“You have to be able to indict each specific member of Congress. [Vulnerable GOP Reps.] Rob Simmons, Nancy Johnson and Heather Wilson are not going to get beat because Democrats try to link them to tom delay or FEMA. It's not going to happen. People know that. They've been through tough races, and it's going to take more than name association for [Democrats] to beat them.”
Carl Forti
“Behind the GOP's bravado, there are a lot GOP operatives quaking in their boots.”
Phil Singer
“Once again the GOP field is in disarray.”
Howard Wolfson
